Vehicle-wheel.



W. F, HOLT. VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLICATiOH FILED SEPT. 20, 19H).

l., Paytene Jan. 25, w16

Y l/if Wy l/ WILLAM E. HOL-T, OF REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 251?, Mild.

Atriginal application filed .Tune 7, 1915, Serial No. 32,495. Dividedand this application led September 2U,

To all whom 77mg/ concern:

Be it knownlthat I, WILLIAM F. Horn, a citizen of the United States,residing at TRedlands, in the county of San Bernardino and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Veliicle-lvVheel, or' whicithe following is a specification.

This is a division of my application for patent for vehicle wheel, filedJune fi', 1915, Serial No. 32,495.

This invention relates in general to convertible vehicle wheels, andbroadly sta ted, an object of the invention is to make provision foradapting the Wheelsot vehicles to railroad traction and street orhighway traction so that the vehicle may be run from a railroad track toany desired point like any ordinary automobile or truck for loading andunloading freight and passengers, and so that the vehicle may be run onthe railroad track like any ordinary steam or street railroad car formovement between points not provided with interconnecting highways orstreets.

More speciiically, an object of this invention is to effect theforegoing without it being necessary to have recourse to a change ofwheels or to alterations oit any part or parts of the wheels.

Another object is to so construct the vehicle wheels that said wheelsmay be run directly from the rails to the street and vice versa, withoutloss of traction.

Another object is to effect the foregoing by construction that isessentially simple' and elhcient.

Other objects and advantages may appear as the invention is unfolded inthe subjoined detail description The accompanying drawings illustratethe invention.

vFigure l is a side elevation of a wheel embodying the invention, andmounted on a track or rail, a fragment oi which is shown. Fig. 2 is anenlarged tragmental view partly in section on linc indicated by .m2-er?,l.

Primarily the wheel 'comprises treads of different diameters extendingrside by side ,around the periphery ofthe wheel formed by zr grooved rimwhich may be formed by several members. the bottoni or the groove lforming a rail engaging tread 2 provided at its sides with radiallyextending flanges 3, which are provided at their outer edges withlaterally extending nanges 1l that may Serial No. 51,5234.

be the same width as one another, or' of different widths, as shown inthe drawings,

. said laterally extending flanges forming the street engaging tread ofthe wheel and said radially extending flanges preventing the oo `wheelfrom slipping oil the rail upon which y it is running.

The felly 5 -is provided on its periphery with an under band 6 shrunkonto said felly, the rim being in three sections, the radially oextending flanges 3 and laterally extending llangesfl; forming the sidesections and the rail engaging tread 2 forming theintermeu diatesection, said rail engaging tread being shrunk onto the under band 6.

The rim is provided with inwardly ex tending flanges 7 embracing betweenthem the felly 5, said annular [langes being provided with orifices 8 toreceive the bolts 9 passing through the fellv.

ln practical operation, it is clear that a common road vehicle equippedwith a set o1"- wheels constructed as aboved set forth is adapted to runalong rails such as that indicated at l0 and that the tread 2 will ride80 on the ball of the rail and the llanges 3 will l prevent the wheelVfrom slipping o' or" the rail, and it is clear that the. wheels may berun oili of the ends of the rails or deflected from said rails bysuitable. switches. not shown, soas to permit the treads el to'come intoContact with the surface of the roadway or street.

It is also clear that the foregoing is accomplished without it beingnecessary to make any alterations or adjustments to the parts of thewheel, thus saving the time woi'ld be necessary in changing the tread orthe wheel as is necessary in devices of? the kind heretofore invented.

lt is. or course, understood that either or both of the flanges 3 may beprovided with' a suitable tire or tires constructed ol" rubber or othermaterial fastened in place on the Flange or i'ianges by any of the meanswell known in the' art, and sach construction is showin and claimed herin but is the my oopending ali-cation for '.f'ehicle wheel, file ingwill entre and use lori e in ihres sections, the s ne the side sections,and bolts 'passing through era-lly extending flanges and inwardly ex- Intestimony whereof, I have hereunto tending annular flanges embracing theelly, set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 10 the intermediatesection. forming a rail-en- 14th day of September, 1915. gaginn,r treadand seated at its edges against WILLIAM-F HOLT said inwardly extendingannular flanges In presence ofand 'through the felly to hold saidsections GEORGE H. Hines,

and felly together. ANNA F. SCHMIDTBAUER.

